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Title: Missionary, Visitor, The (1907)
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Brethren’s General Missionary and Tract Committee
Subjects: Church of the Brethren Priodicals Church of the Brethren- Missions
Publisher: Elgin, Ill.: Brethren Publishing House
Contributing Library: Bridgewater College, Alexander Mack Memorial Library
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Dear Editor: You may have heard ofus through Elder D. L. Miller, as he withBro. Stover of India enjoyed the hospi-tality of our home while here in Johan-nesburg. In a recent letter from Bro.Stover, he requested me to write an ar-ticle for the Missionary Visitor, givingan account of our work here in the com-pounds for the Master. Now if you have By J. R. EYSTER ba, be, bi, the first Zulu syllables. Theyare raw heathen, and are dressed only inheathen garb; many of them have fromsix to one dozen and six brass or wirerings on each wrist; also around the neckis a string upon which are bones tied, inthese are native medicines. These areworn according to heathen customs tokeep off disease or protect from danger,etc. Now to watch the progress of these
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Native Compound Near Johannesburg, South Africa. been receiving our magazine, AfricasGolden Harvest, you no doubt haveread an able article on our compoundvisitation. So I will dwell more partic-ularly on the effect which the Gospel hason these natives after they enter ourschools. After working hard all day in themines, those whose hearts have beendrawn to come, either from a love of thetruth which they have heard in the openair meetings which are held every Sun-day, or else perhaps from a mere desireto learn out of the white mans book,they will begin to gather. Now go withme into the schoolroom; here are per-haps one or two dozen boys (all nativesare called boys regardless of age) seatedon a bench beginning to learn a, e, i, and boys from evening to evening and frommonth to month as they attend schooland religious services is very interesting.Little by little we will notice that theirornaments are missing; and their heathengarb replaced by trousers and shirt. Butit generally takes a n
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